/**
* Creates a starting proposal for a new negotiation of a need. In this implementation, the
* mostly preferred value for each competence attribute is selected to compose the proposal.
*
* @param competence The competence being negotiated
* @return A new proposal
*/
public Proposal createStartingProposal(Need need, Competence competence) {
Proposal proposal = new Proposal(myAgent.getAID());
proposal.setNeedType(competence.getType());
// fill attribute values
for (int j = 0; j < competence.getNumberOfAttributes(); j++) {
Attribute ownAttribute = (Attribute) competence.getAttributes().get(j);
AttributeValue valueToPropose = new AttributeValue();
valueToPropose.setName(ownAttribute.getName());
valueToPropose.setType(ownAttribute.getType());
Attribute askedAttribute = need.getAttribute(ownAttribute.getName());
if (!ownAttribute.isDiscrete()) {
float ownPreferredValue =
checkAskedContinuousDomain(
askedAttribute, Float.parseFloat(ownAttribute.getPreferredValue().toString()));
if (ownAttribute
.getType()
.equals("float")) { // check if this is really of type float, or integer
valueToPropose.setValue(String.valueOf(ownPreferredValue));
} else {
valueToPropose.setValue(String.valueOf((int) ownPreferredValue));
}
} else {
String ownPreferredValue =
checkAskedDiscreteDomain(askedAttribute, ownAttribute.getPreferredValue().toString());
valueToPropose.setValue(ownPreferredValue);
}
proposal.getAttributeValues().add(valueToPropose);
}
return proposal;
}
